I don’t think I would call vaping ‘healthful’ exactly. But I get the point, like they are working so hard to ban vaping but leaving cigarettes out there?

Taking the right to consent to harm away from the people is not comperable to offering something that can heal.

Nobody said vapes and other tobacco products are good for you. In fact, its basically common knowledge to the contrary. On the other hand, if you have a product you want to sell that you conjured up in a lab AND you want to tell people its good for them and not be lying through your teeth you need to be regulated, otherwise you run the risk of misleading the public.

Then we have the topic of "dietary supplements" which in the US are NOT sold as food and can therefore tell people basically whatever you want about it. Energy drinks, vitamins, chemical supplements and things like that all fall in that catergory. Looking closely at their labels one can often find language stating things along the lines of "these statements have not been evaluated by the fda" because if they were evaluated they would be found to be either mistruthful about what they do or generally unsafe.

Edit to add:

Obviously not every dietary supplement is meant to be a dangerous scam, but they should always be taken with the guidance of a physician to ensure you aren’t poisoning yourself.

Edit 2 electic fluffaroo:

I got way off topic here, sorry ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I haven't kept up with it all recently but previously almost all 'studies' were seriously flawed.

I'm not even sure I've ever crossed paths with someone who genuinely thought vaping wasn't harmful except for the media and politicians. Most, I think are just betting that it's not as harmful as smoking.

Trauma is the real gateway drug

I just find it hard to believe that putting shit into your lungs can be bad.

Yeah it's always that, "popcorn lung" which is so horseshit it's laughable, and studies that burn coils down until they're dry and red hot (figuratively you'd cough so hard your lungs would come out, you'd have other problems like maybe literal burns).

As far as I've seen, some UK studies have shown it's not good for you (which is a strawman, people claim it to be better than cigarettes, not healthy like fucking broccoli. "Good" in terms of harm reduction sure but literally nobody has ever claimed it to be beneficial otherwise), but city air with it's pollution is often worse for you than vapes, so anyone who lives in a moderately large city can STFU, if you live in Unincorporated Loupe Co. Nebraska and have never smoked, maybe you have room to talk shit.

As far as cost goes, if you can homebrew juice in your location it's an absolute game changer. ~$3/60ml.

I'm fairly certain that this is what's being cited. The journalism, unfortunately, is quite poor and it's hard to confirm precisely what article she was referring to.